diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcff087..bae8afd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ vignettes/*.pdf
 # Temporary files created by R markdown
 *.utf8.md
 *.knit.md
+
+# personal files to ignore
+setupScript.R
\ No newline at end of file